Huge Discovery: Kepler Telescope has Spotted a "Jupiter-sized planet"


	Huge Discovery: Kepler Telescope has Spotted a "Jupiter-sized planet"

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8-7-2009 7:42 AM

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oodles and oodles

clip-on-tie says:

HAT-P-7b? What a lousy name for a planet. They should use Star Trek Names like Seti Alpha V.

NASA science chief Alan Stern manage to keep Kepler within a workable budget. This telescope came real close to going "back in the box."

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8-9-2009 10:07 AM

StarKnight

I agree with HAT-P. ...but I like Reisa. It was a vacation planet on STNG.

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